XPost: talk.politics.drugs   
   From: mhelm@not.known   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:13:21 +0100, Eric Johnson    
      
   >On 13-01-2004 15:11, in article bu0u70$rcm$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu, "Brother   
   >Nate"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Eric Johnson wrote:   
   >>> Brother Nate wrote:   
   >>>> Since your vote and your influence on the American political process   
   >>>> are inevitably flushed down the toilet you can believe whoever you   
   >>>> want without making any difference.   
   >>   
   >>> Why is that, Nate. I vote Republican in nearly every case.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Please explain.   
   >>   
   >> There are at least 2 ways to flush a vote down the toilet.   
   >> The first is to throw it away voting for some shmoe who's   
   >> never going to win.  The second is to cast it for someone   
   >> who just isn't going to enact the policies you want no   
   >> matter what.   
   >   
   >This assumes I am a I issue candidate, which I am definitely not. Neither   
   >side represents my views on drugs, so how is voting for a candidate who   
   >agrees with me on 200 other political issues which are important but   
   >disagrees about drugs throwing a vote away?   
   >   
   >   
   >Do you find candidates who agree with you on every issue under the sun on   
   >your ballot? I don't. One has one's choices and one makes them.   
   >   
   >I voted for Bush in 2000. It has brought tax cuts and an end to the   
   >inheritance tax, two things which matter in the lives of my family and I a   
   >hell of a lot more than drug prohibition.   
      
   You only think you're rich enough for inheritance tax to matter to you.   
      
   >   
   >Remember this is a "drug-politics," board. That is why the topic is always   
   >drugs in relation to politics.   
   >   
   >You can find me in comp.sys.mac.portables, too, if you wish. I don't talk   
   >about which candidate supports what drug legislation there. But I am pretty   
   >sure you have made disparaging remarks about Macintosh and the people who   
   >buy them, so your not likely to look me up there.   
   >   
   >I have been a lifelong party/grass roots Republican during the time when   
   >Nevada became a Republican State. I have been elected delegate to central   
   >committee and convention.   
   >   
   >How much more broad can my participation get?   
   >   
   >If I supported someone who has a chance of winning, you say I am throwing   
   >away my vote.   
   >   
   >Yet you also say if I vote for my pet policy, that is throwing it away as   
   >well, as that guy won't win.   
   >   
   >Under this scenario, why should I bother?   
   >   
      
   I dunno, but I'd favor a law restricting voting privileges for   
   "Americans" who take up permanent residency in foreign countries.   
   You're not the only person in Europe who wishes they could vote in the   
   US so don't give me any crap about your family and your desires for your   
   country.   
      
   >EJ   
      
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